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Trump Says We’re ‘Winning’ in Iran. It’s More Complicated.
The Strait of Hormuz is closed. Iran’s nuclear program survives. And while the regime has been weakened, it remains intact. So what has President Trump accomplished—and what comes next in the war?
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Trump Says We’re ‘Winning’ in Iran. It’s More Complicated.
The Strait of Hormuz is closed. Iran’s nuclear program survives. And while the regime has been weakened, it remains intact. So what has President Trump…
Rafaela Siewert
52M
Confessions of a Former Scientologist
Born into Scientology, Claire Headley spent decades rising to its highest ranks—until she realized everything she had been taught was wrong. This is how…
Maya Sulkin
1HR 47M
Eli Lake and Haviv Rettig Gur on Why Iran’s Regime Is Hard to Kill
A deep dive into the ‘resistance’ ideology of the Islamic Republic, and why it embraces sacrificing society to outlast its enemies.
Eli Lake
1HR 26M
He Founded Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Now He Wants to Destroy It.
Mohsen Sazegara was on the historic flight with Khomeini, helped establish the Revolutionary Guard, served in the Iranian government—and was later…
Rafaela Siewert
1HR 42M
Even as America Fights Iran, It’s Not Ready for China—with Eyck Freymann
What is Beijing learning from the war in Iran?
Aaron MacLean
51M
What Tyler Cowen Thinks About (Almost) Everything
In this rapid-fire discussion, polymath and Free Press contributor Tyler Cowen answers all of Coleman Hughes’s pressing questions.
Coleman Hughes
47M
How Can America Defeat Iran? With John Spencer
The expert on military strategy explains how U.S. and Israeli precision strikes form a modern ‘neurological’ warfare strategy—blending psychological…
Aaron MacLean
44M
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